WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release and letters: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) and James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) sent letters to seven major U.S. pharmacies outlining the companies' obligations under federal and state laws--including longstanding federal laws that criminalize the mailing and interstate shipment of abortion drugs--regarding the sale of abortion drugs. The letters to CVS, Walgreens  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, recently joined 42 of her Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) opposing a debt ceiling increase without substantive spending and budget reforms.. The national debt is currently more than $31.7 trillion. U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) led the letter. "The S  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced that ten senators--four Democrats, five Republicans, and one Independent--have joined them as cosponsors of their bipartisan legislation, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA). This legislation invests in proactive, on-the-ground conservation work led by states, territories, and Tribal nations to support the   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The House Aerospace Caucus served as an honorary co-host for the Aerospace Industries Association's (AIA) April 27 kick-off event celebrating the re-launch of the House Aerospace Caucus. More than 100 guests were in attendance, including AIA President and CEO Eric Fanning, President and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems and AIA Board Chairman Tom Gentile, Aerospace Caucus Chairman Ron Estes (R-Kansas), Transportation and  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Amanda Frost, law professor at the University of Virginia, involving a hearing on May 2, 2023, entitled "Supreme Court Ethics Reform": * * * Thank you for inviting me to testify regarding Congress's role in regulating the ethical obligations of U.S. Supreme Court Justices. I am a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law. My areas of expertise include federal courts and judicial ethics, a  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights issued the following written testimony by Dina H. Srinivasan, a fellow with the Thurman Arnold Project at Yale University, involving a hearing on May 3, 2023, entitled "Competition in the Digital Advertising Ecosystem": * * * The Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act (AMERICA Act) is a simple piece of legislation that will fix a major problem  more